Senate Delays Crypto Rules Again: Is This Just a Game? 🤔

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Oh, great. The US Senate has decided to hit the snooze button again on the Digital Asset Market Structure CLARITY Act. Just what we needed-more uncertainty about crypto rules in 2026! 🎉

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman, in a thrilling twist, announced that his committee is going to delay the markup of this oh-so-important bill until the last week of January. Because why not keep everyone on the edge of their seats? 🙄

No Discussion on Crypto CLARITY Act Until Two More Weeks-Because Who’s Counting?

This session was supposed to be the big moment, scheduled alongside the Senate Banking Committee’s markup this Thursday. But Boozman, in his infinite wisdom, decided to put the brakes on things to “preserve bipartisan support.” Classic move, right?

🚨NEW: Bye bye dueling markups.

Per Chairman @JohnBoozman, the @SenateAg Committee is punting its markup on crypto market structure to the last week in January instead of holding it, as originally planned, on Thursday at the same time as the Senate Banking Committee. Boozman…

– Eleanor Terrett (@EleanorTerrett) January 12, 2026

This little delay is a clear signal that Senate leaders are still scrambling for votes to get this bill off the ground. Without enough bipartisan backing, it’s like trying to push a boulder uphill-except the boulder is actually a piece of legislation and it has a mind of its own. 😩

The CLARITY Act is hailed as the holy grail of US crypto market structure bills-if only it could get past the Senate. The House already passed its version back in mid-2025, but now it seems like the Senate is stuck in a never-ending game of “let’s wait and see.”

Lawmakers were hoping the January markups would kickstart the process, but surprise! 😲 Instead, we’re seeing more disagreements popping up than at a family dinner during the holidays. Issues like stablecoin rewards, DeFi oversight, and the eternal power struggle between the SEC and the CFTC are just a few of the spicy topics on the table.

A markup is where committees sit around, debate, argue, and eventually vote on whether to send the bill to the full Senate. If either the Banking or Agriculture Committee decides to throw a temper tantrum and rejects the bill, it’s game over. 🎮

Why the CLARITY Act is Stuck-Like a Traffic Jam on a Monday Morning

Under the CLARITY Act, crypto would finally get some formal legal classifications. Some tokens would fit under SEC securities law, while others would get the “commodity” treatment from the CFTC. It’s like a choose-your-own-adventure book, but with more money at stake.

The bill also aims to create federal rules for crypto exchanges, brokers, and custodians, including asset segregation and market surveillance standards. Sounds fancy, right? Like the crypto equivalent of putting a seatbelt on your investments. 🚗💨

The goal is to swap out the current chaos-driven approach with some nice, clear statutory rules. Because who wouldn’t want a predictable compliance framework for operating in the US? That’s like asking for a unicorn in your backyard-nice thought, but let’s be real. 🦄

I think the clarity act will be good for crypto, why?

– Killing fake volume.
– Bans wash trading.
– Prohibiting shady reserve practices.

Finally all the manipulation ends. The vote starts at the 15th of January.

You agree?

– Ted (@TedPillows) January 12, 2026

But hold your horses! Support is more fragile than a soap bubble. Some Democrats are worried it might weaken investor protections, while some Republicans are clutching their pearls over stablecoin yields and DeFi limits. Talk about a classic standoff! 🤷‍♂️

Plus, industry groups are threatening to pull their support faster than you can say “congressional gridlock” if late amendments cramp their style. So, Senate leaders are trying to avoid a failed vote that could derail crypto legislation and push it right off the 2026 calendar. Can’t have that, right?

By moving the Agriculture Committee markup to late January, lawmakers are crossing their fingers and hoping to renegotiate the language and rebuild a coalition. Because if that doesn’t work, we might be stuck watching this drama unfold for another year. 🍿

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2026-01-13 02:47